Cabiria is a wide-eyed waif, a streetwalker living in a poor section of Rome where she owns her little house, has a bank account, and dreams of a miracle. We follow her nights (and days): a boyfriend steals 40,000 lire from her and nearly drowns her, a movie star on the Via Veneto takes her home with him, at a local shrine she seeks the Madonna's intercession, then she meets an accountant who's seen her, hypnotized on a vaudeville stage, acting out her heart's longings. He courts her. Is it fate that led to their meeting? Is this finally a man who appreciates her for who she is?

Starring:

Aldo Silvani, Amedeo Girardi, Amedeo Nazzari, Ciccio Barbi, Dorian Gray, Ennio Girolami, François Perier, Franca Marzi, Franco Balducci, Franco Fabrizi, Gianni Baghino, Giulietta Masina, Loretta Capitoli, Luciano Bonanni, María Luisa Rolando, Mario Passante, Mimmo Poli, Nino Milano, Polidor, Riccardo Fellini, Sandro Moretti, Sergio Parlato

Genre:

Drama